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SUMMARY:The Feminist Book Club with Kate Feld
DESCRIPTION:House of Books & Friends are delighted to announce that we are hosting the Feminist Book Club with facilitator Kate Feld. Taking place monthly\, this will be a space for people of all genders to discuss feminist books. In August\, we will be reading Women and Power by Mary Beard. \nTickets \nBook and ticket \nTicket only \nAs always\, there are a limited amount of complimentary tickets available for those who need them. Please contact us directly at bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.pro or call 07597 365380. \nAbout the book \nBritain’s best-known classicist Mary Beard\, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit\, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day\, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny\, considering the public voice of women\, our cultural assumptions about women’s relationship with power\, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. \nA year on since the advent of #metoo\, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time\, and how that intersects with issues of rape and consent\, and the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style\, using examples ancient and modern\, Beard argues\, ‘it’s time for change – and now!’ \nFrom the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. \n 
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LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:The Book Club *ONLINE*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Monday 25th August 7-8pm via Zoom. This month\, we are reading Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg\,  a wild story of hidden passions\, power struggles and feral freedom in a women’s commune on a remote farm in Kent. £10.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket alone for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.pro or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the book:  \nThey thought they know everything about us. The kind of women we were. \nIris seeks a different kind of life. Promise comes in the form of Hazel\, who lives at Breach House – a women’s commune on a remote farm. At Breach House\, the women live and eat in abundance\, are guided by landscape and ritual\, all while under the leadership of their gargantuan matriarch\, Blythe. \nBut is Breach House truly the haven it seems? When an unforgivable transgression comes to light and power struggles intensify\, the women find themselves hurtling towards an act of devastating violence that will threaten everything they’ve fought to create.
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SUMMARY:The Book Club *EVENING SESSION*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Wednesday 27th August 6pm – 7pm in person. This month\, we are reading Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg\,  a wild story of hidden passions\, power struggles and feral freedom in a women’s commune on a remote farm in Kent. £10.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket alone for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.pro or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the Book:  \nThey thought they know everything about us. The kind of women we were. \nIris seeks a different kind of life. Promise comes in the form of Hazel\, who lives at Breach House – a women’s commune on a remote farm. At Breach House\, the women live and eat in abundance\, are guided by landscape and ritual\, all while under the leadership of their gargantuan matriarch\, Blythe. \nBut is Breach House truly the haven it seems? When an unforgivable transgression comes to light and power struggles intensify\, the women find themselves hurtling towards an act of devastating violence that will threaten everything they’ve fought to create.
URL:https://houseofbooksandfriends.pro/event/august-book-club-evening-session
LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:The Book Club
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SUMMARY:The Book Club *AFTERNOON SESSION*
DESCRIPTION:This session of The Book Club will take place on Thursday 28th August 2pm – 3pm in person. This month\, we are reading Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg\,  a wild story of hidden passions\, power struggles and feral freedom in a women’s commune on a remote farm in Kent. £10.99 is the price of the book and a ticket to the session. The book can be delivered directly to you (please add your shipping address and tick the box for shipping) or you can collect it in store free of charge. You can buy a book and ticket here. \nIf you already own a copy of the book\, you can purchase a ticket alone for £3. You can purchase a ticket only here. \nFor those unable to afford a book or ticket at present\, we have a limited amount of complementary books/tickets. Please contact the bookshop via bookworms@houseofbooksandfriends.pro or call 07597365380. \nOne of our booksellers will lead the book club\, and the group will be split up into smaller groups in breakout rooms to discuss the questions. A Zoom link will be emailed to ticketholders prior to the event starting. \nWe always ask that you be respectful and kind whilst discussing the book and others’ opinions of it. \nAbout the Book:  \nThey thought they know everything about us. The kind of women we were. \nIris seeks a different kind of life. Promise comes in the form of Hazel\, who lives at Breach House – a women’s commune on a remote farm. At Breach House\, the women live and eat in abundance\, are guided by landscape and ritual\, all while under the leadership of their gargantuan matriarch\, Blythe. \nBut is Breach House truly the haven it seems? When an unforgivable transgression comes to light and power struggles intensify\, the women find themselves hurtling towards an act of devastating violence that will threaten everything they’ve fought to create.
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LOCATION:House of Books & Friends\, 81 King Street\, Manchester\, M2 4AH\, United Kingdom
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